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At the 1964−1965 New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, one of the highlights was the Dinoland pavilion, worked on by Museum paleontologist Barnum Brown and Louis Paul Jonas, an artist with a longtime Museum connection.

The extinct mollusks known as ammonites inhabited the planet for more than 300 million years—almost twice as long as dinosaurs—before disappearing in the mass extinction event more than 65 million years ago.

Some 7,000 archival photographs, rare book illustrations, drawings, notes, letters, and memorabilia that make up a vast visual record of the Museum's expeditions, exhibitions, research, and collections are now available in a new online database.